Featured Sterling end mini Golf club

Something i bought off my house clearance friend,

thought it looked silver (though no visible hallmark) and liked the look of the denmark mark

tests very conclusively as sterling (no question)

can't quite work out what its for though, some suggest a cocktail shaker though i'm not convinced

handle is actually plastic and the bar i think chrome plated (or the likes)

worked out a game where i place a pingpong ball on my bed and a vase the other side of the room

.......haven't got it in yet though (crap)

also on a halloween note.......i saw a face in the towels when coming in and going for a widdle.

 

ya that's a golf driver....
less than any idea why it was made???

& the face....... keep a night light on tonight !!!!!

 

https://www.liveauctioneers.com/pri...mWAQLHdcII8lia-1XV0aTW0cDDi1HqBB0xssaqESoMM2P

 

stir stick , for a bar at a high end golf & country club....?????

 

https://www.etsy.com/listing/113844...miniature?dd_referrer=https://www.google.com/

 

yeah theres some out there that state silver and some not.

thinking the ones that state not haven't been tested

as theres no way its plated

 

so is the link to suggest that its not silver ?......or just a random one that ya found ?

 

seems a minefield of them on the net, most saying plated

these seem to suggest silver and so does price

Bonhams : A collection of Frigast modern miniature silver clubs,

 

looks like the etsy plated ones have a different mark, so hopefully different

 

how the FRIG can that result not be sterling

 

I had one, put it in the freezer and you get a cooler which doesn't melt in your drink!
https://www.etsy.com/fr/listing/240764193/refroidisseur-de-boissons-argentes

 

like that idea actually , nothing worse than a watered down baileys

 

Could be a legit club ?...either way-it's triply cool.

 

d'oh,,,,,,,forgot all about mini golf

 

Wee-wee Monsieur Chas !

 

As Kyra has already said, it's a drink chiller, a mid 20th century novelty item (not that chillers aren't still made, I have plain ones in stainless steel) - and really no question that it's silverplate rather than sterling. Sometimes the plating is thick enough that to get to the base metal in testing, a deep scrape would be required - but no reason to disfigure this item, Frigast or any other manufacturer would certainly mark sterling or other fineness silver as such.

~Cheryl

 

totally agree with what you have said cheryl, and it makes perfect sense that it should have a hallmark

......................but when i test, i test deep for that specific reason

must have tested over 500 pieces before and know the difference between a plated result and a silver one

with plated the slight red (if any) disappears in seconds

i'll fine tooth comb it tomorrow

 

and if not silver i really am going back to engineering..........or at least giving things up

 

random...... but with no metal marks...... it's hard to state 925 for certain... imo

 

If silver, this would be the first 20th century Danish silver item I have ever seen that isn't marked as such.
Danish items are excellent quality, and their silverplate items are likely to be thickly plated.

Should I go and hide now?